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Ministry of Health Weekly Epidemiological Newsletter week 35, 2014

This week, 112 (100%) districts submitted their weekly reports as opposed to107 (95.53%) for the corresponding week of 2013. The mean intra-district completeness this week is 55 [median 57.0%]; compared to the mean intra-district completeness of 58 [median 60.0%] for the corresponding week of 2013.Only 19 (16.96%) of the districts that reported this week attained an intra-district completeness of at least 80% as opposed to 28 (25.00%) for the corresponding week of 2013. This week all districts submitted their weekly reports [see annex 1].Timeliness for week 35 reporting is 112 (100%) for the current week; and 105 (93.75%) for the corresponding week of 2013.The proportion of health facilities submitting weekly reports in each of the reporting districts is way below the national target of 80% in most of the districts. DHOs and district surveillance focal persons (DSFPs) are urged to ensure their districts submit weekly reports and to actively follow-up silent health facilities.